I thought that the oppurtunity to tell Anakins story was too juciy to let go, but he fouled it up as bad as he could. He relied more on cool CGI than stroy it seemed :/ . If you think about it though, had the movies come out in order then a whole lot in the calssic 4,5, and 6 would have been ruined. I.E. Dath Vader being lukes father, Ben Kenobi telling that Vader killed his father, Leia is Lukes Sister, etc.
I can still remember the amazement i felt when I saw episode 4 the first time and the ships flew overhead at the beginging. The rebel ship seemed huge, anf then the Star Destroyer came over and...wow.
There were some pretty good video games form the Star Wars univrese but I have fond memories of the DOS Tie Fighter game :P. Nothing like playing as the Imperial Navy to keep you entertained
. Also Admiral Thrawn is in this game too, which is totally kick ass since he is a mastermind that (in the books) almost destroys the New Republic, with the Empire at 1/10th is strength.